UK News – Page 5
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NewsHeyday Films, Amazon MGM Studios sign multi-year first-look deal
Amazon MGM Studios will have first look at scripted and unscripted Heyday projects.
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News‘Digger’ starring Tom Cruise lands UK world premiere
Warner Bros to release Digger in the UK and US on October 2.
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NewsEmily Watson joins cast of Mackenzie Crook’s directorial debut ‘Mars Express’
Watson was speaking at Sarajevo Film Festival, where she heads the jury and has received an honorary award.
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News‘The Odyssey’ becomes BFI Imax’s highest-grossing film of all time
Film has recorded over 100,000 admissions to date.
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News‘Villain – The Next Chapter’, starring Craig Fairbrass, starts filming in London
EXCLUSIVE: Crime thriller sequel is Neil Linpow’s directorial debut, and will be released in cinemas.
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News‘The End Of Oak Street’ opens with £2m at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Odyssey’ lead
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, ‘The Odyssey’ both enter all-time UK-Ireland top 20.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival competition lineup includes world premiere of Carol Morley’s ‘7 Miles Out’
Hirokazu Koreeda’s ’Look Back’ and May el-Toukhy’s ’Woman Unknown’ are also competing.
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NewsKenneth Branagh urges “caution and vigilance” around class representation in acting
Branagh recalled working on ‘Harry Potter’ with “the entire British film industry”.
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NewsBFI CEO Ben Roberts: “We have to find a way to get more money into the system”
Roberts talks incoming funds director Isabel Davis; defends BFI funding application forms.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The End Of Oak Street’ races into 648 cinemas
George Jaques’ ‘Sunny Dancer’ and Anthony Bordain biopic ‘Tony’ are also out.
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NewsNeon to directly release Na Hong-jin’s ‘Hope’ in UK-Irish cinemas
The US studio is understood to be scaling up its UK-Irish distribution operations.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest includes world premiere of Victor Catala’s ’They Always Come At Night’
Lucky Cerruti’s ‘Boxcutter’ will also world premiere at the Manchester-based festival.
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NewsOllie Madden, head of UK film at Netflix, joins Screen Summit 2026 speaker lineup
Other confirmed speakers so far include Pathe UK’s Ben Browning and Elsinore producer Gabrielle Tana
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NewsPatrick Wang’s Galway title ‘A. Rimbaud’ lands UK-Ireland, France and US deals
EXCLUSIVE: Bulldog Film Distribution will release the Arthur Rimbaud biopic in UK-Ireland.
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News‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ is top grossing UK indie film in first six months of 2026
Market share for UK independent films falls 6.6%, down from 8.4%
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NewsSale of Showcase’s UK cinemas to The Light in doubt
Several sources indicate industry veteran Mooky Greidinger is pushing hard to take over the circuit.
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NewsTotal UK feature production spend drops 6% in first half of 2026, but local films and co-pros enjoy boosts
Spend on 35 UK indie films and 12 co-productions rose 20% and 35% respectively.
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News‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’, ‘The Odyssey’ both pass £60m at the UK-Ireland box office
Paramount’s ‘Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie’ opened in the top five.
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NewsPippa Harris and James Wilson to headline BFI London Film Festival 2026’s Industry Forum
This year’s industry forum puts a spotlight on UK producers.
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News‘The Odyssey’, ‘Spider-Man 4’ help boost UK-Ireland box office 18% year-on-year
July 2026 came in 35% higher than July 2025, with two titles crossing £50m each.